 | | | devpts filesystem.. | devpts filesystem.. 2004-02-19 - By Mike Burger
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> hi,
>
> What exactly is the /dev/pts filesystem used for?
>
> It says filesystem for Unix98 PTYs
>
> virtual filesystem which can be mounted on /dev/pts,... used
> for pseudo terminal support.
>
> I've compiled it into my old 2.4 kernel and left it out in the 2,6 kernel
> I'm
> using right now.
The Unix98 specification changes over from tty's to pts's. When you log
into the box via telnet or ssh, do a "w" or "who" and you'll see that
you're logged into pts/0, pts/1, etc. If you do an "ls /dev/pts" at that
point, you'll see "0" or "1", etc.
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